Chokkan

Formal Upright

• Believed to be the first style, excessively hard to due correctly

• Not very common style today• Trunk is straight with gradual taper, front 1/3 to ½

exposed• 1st branch is at ¼, 1/3, or 1/2 the height of the tree

and facing slightly forward• 2nd branch is on the other side of the tree slightly

higher and facing slightly forward• 3rd branch to the back and same distance from

the 1st branch as ½ the distance from the 1st

• branch and the pot.

• Continue up the tree in the same rotational style getting closer and closer together with the branches.

• Nebari should be all the way around the tree.

– WHERE TO PLACE THE FIRST BRANCH?• Fibonacci sequence can be used to determine the

height of the tree vs 1st branch location– 1+1=2, 2+1, 3+2=5, 4+3=7, 5+4=9, 6+5=11

• Golden ratio. found through-out nature.1.618 (is the rounded off numeric

representitive) X 1st branch = tree height0.618 X height is first branch.

Straight Trunk Style (CHOKKAN)

By using available branches, the back branch is placed between the second and third branch.

Branches are upright, which signifies a young tree.

Branches more horizontal with tips pointing slightly upwards.

Using more branches that are slightly slanted downward gives the tree a tall and narrow look.